82: Using AI Tools to Succeed as a Product Manager

Join us in Seattle for the Inclusive Product Management Summit on May 12th and May 13th. Info at https://summit.info.foster.uw.edu/   In this episode of the How to Succeed in Product Management Podcast, marketing professor Jeff Shulman and The Product Management Center advisory board member Red Russak welcome Anar Taori (Lovingly) and James Brand (Microsoft) as they discuss how using AI tools can help current and aspiring PMs be successful in product development. AI tools can help product managers in numerous ways, including automating repetitive tasks, analyzing large amounts of data to identify patterns and trends, and providing real-time insights into customer behavior, but how can we be sure that this will be reliable for PMs?   Disclaimer: All opinions of the speakers are their own.   What to Listen For: 00:00 Intro 08:12 AI Tools in product management workflows 15:25 Is AI reliable? 19:16 Prompts you could use to survey Chat GPT instead of customers 21:19 Using GPT for market research 23:52 Giving AI personas 25:14 Ethics behind using AI tools 28:57 AI in Governement 32:08 Providing context & phrasing your question to Chat GPT  35:13 How does Chat GPT absorb the information from users’ questions? 38:08 Success stories in using AI tools 42:12 For people planning to use Chat GPT 44:06 How do we know if Chat GPT has the information or the knowledge of specific domains? 47:37 Final thoughts